"Prospects for Trade Integration through Unilateral Reforms and International Agreements" on Thursday, June 12 at 10:30am

The World Bank Public Information Center/InfoShop & the World Bank Institute
& The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University

invite you to a roundtable session

Prospects for Trade Integration through Unilateral Reforms and International
Agreements

As interdependence among nations has grown at rapid pace during the last few
decades, the trade agenda has expanded beyond its traditional focus on tariff
protection and has created new and complex public policy challenges for both
domestic policy makers and negotiatiors in multilateral, regional, or bilateral
fora.

The panel will reflect on the pace so far and prospects of trade integration
through unilateral reforms and international negotiations (e.g. North-South
FTAs, South-South RTAs,and in the Doha Round).

This roundtable session is among the concluding events of a two-week long Trade
Policy for Development Executive Courseoffered jointly by the School of
International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University and the World
Bank Institute (WBI). Given the caliber of the panelists and the high relevance
of the topic for a larger audience, WBI extends the invitation to attend the
rountable to Bank staff and DC-based trade officials, advisors, analysts and the
diplomatic community.

Thursday, June 12, 2008
10:30 am - 12:15 pm
World Bank J Building
Auditorium J1-050
701 18th Street, NW
Drinks and appetizers will be available after the presentation

For non Bank staff, please RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org

CHAIR
Gianni Zanini
Lead Economist, World Bank Institute

PANELISTS
Jeffrey Schott
Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics, Peterson Institute

Arvind Panagariya
Professor of Economics, Columbia University
Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution

Bernard Hoekman
Senior Advisor, Development Research Group, World Bank

Pablo de la Flor (via V/C)
Vice President, Corporative Affairs, Antamina
Former Chief Negotiator for the US-Peru FTA

Sherry Stephenson
Chief, Department of International Affairs, Organization of American States

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